Manette Baillie celebrated her birthday with the record-breaking jump, while aiming to raise £30,000 for charity.
A 102-year-old woman has become Britain's oldest skydiver after jumping out of a plane at 7,000ft on her birthday.
Prior to the jump, Manette Baillie, told BBC Radio Suffolk that she did it to raise money for three different charities. Mrs Baillie is no stranger to adventure. To celebrate her 100th birthday, she drove around Silverstone in a Ferrari at 130mph Video released by the National Crime Agency shows two men leaping off a boat whilst being pursed by UK Border Force.The 34-year-old crashes into the side of the track and is hit by another bike but escapes with a cut.
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